Is it your hobbies that make you enjoy life?

@maximax8 (31053)
United Kingdom
September 20, 2008 12:43pm CST
My top hobby is travel and it makes me really happy to go off to see different countries. When I am at home I borrow travel books from my local library to enjoy reading. I think we all can get enjoyment from reading a really wonderful novel. I know that my pets make me feel happy. I smile when I see my toddler son's skills developing and I get pleasure from getting notes about my older son's excellent work. I think music can lift my mood and put me into a very happy frame of mind. Do your hobbies make you enjoy life? If so what is it that you like to do?
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@amanda333 (739)
• France
20 Sep 08
I love dancing and that makes me really happy. All my girls do dancing also, so i get to go to all the dance gala's and see some great shows
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
20 Sep 08
Hi Amanda. It is excellent that you love dancing and that your girls share your hobby in this. I am sure that you go to to lovely shows together. I imagine that dancing keeps you fit. Maxine
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Sep 08
Of course. In fact I have a lot of interests, such as painting, computer, cooking, traveling etc. And I just complain that I have enough spare time for me to have my hobbies. My life is full of fun. I love China
@kayrod2 (1304)
• Australia
22 Sep 08
i have a few hobbies, but i dont get to do them that much. but i enjoy them when i do. i love cooking, and i love food magazines. i like doing craft, but dont get to much. being on the computer is a hobby as well. reading magazines is another one best wishes to you and take care
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
25 Sep 08
Dancing Martial Arts Music cooking
22 Sep 08
I too as you probably know by now love to travel also and can't imagine never having left my own country to experience different cultures - the buzzz I get when off to the airport is definitely one of my enjoyments! I do love it when it's sunny enough to enjoy thr British weather even if it's just a day spent in the garden with my husband and our dogs listening to a bit of music and having friends over with a few beverages. : )
@Ganesh44 (5547)
• India
25 Sep 08
No no its my GOD that makes me enjoy....I think hobbies are secondary and GOD is primary ......because GOD is great ..... Thanku Ganesh
• China
21 Sep 08
Yeah,I like travling as well but not so luvky asyou since you can travel to other countries..really so interesting to leran other culture which different from us .. I have another hobby is to jogging every night before I go to sleep ..in that process I can rethink the whole day even the whole week,and make some plans and some changes,I get a lot of fun ..hehe
@steffy182 (170)
• Malaysia
21 Sep 08
Our hobbies is one of the best thing that can make us enjoy our life, instead doing the same and routine days.. Find any hobbies and try it.. this will make your happy..
@happyair (15)
• China
21 Sep 08
Wow, maximax, i admire you have such a wonderful life. You know, i like travel very much and i always image myself travelling in those beautiful places i dreamed to. But in the matter of fact, i don't have so much money and time to do that now, so another favorite thing for me is reading, i like to read all kinds of books, especially exploration novels, history books and personality biography, they all bring me so much enjoyment. I also like to do exercise, such as playing basketball and badminton, when doing that, i always be so excited, they make me and my friends know more about each other and get closer.
@penny64 (1106)
• Australia
21 Sep 08
I get an enormous amount of pleasure from my hobbies too. Amongst many things I love to do, I also would list travelling, reading as you say, playing with the internet, watching my favourite tv shows, swimming, walking, writing, diy projects, dining out with good friends and family, pottering around in the garden and, most of all, enjoying everything about my daughter.
@NrgDfenZ (1810)
• Belgium
21 Sep 08
There are all kinds of things that make me enjoy my life.. Friends, Hobby, my girl and so much more :D Have a nice day..
• China
21 Sep 08
just now i responsed the discussion called"life is the sum up of event",i agree this opinion.in our daily life,it is impossible that we always have good events,the bad events also can not be avoided.so when we have the bad events,what should we do?at this time ,i will play basketball to relax myself.playing basketball is my hobby,when i have a bad mood,i will make myself be happy by playing basketball,then i think i will enjoy my life again. what is the hobby?it is the thing that you like to do most,so when you do this,you must be very happy,no matter what moods you are having,you will become happy after your hobbies.
• United States
21 Sep 08
My family and kids make me happy. I am happy when they are happy! Waking up to each brand new day puts a smile on my face. I love helping people. Yes I am happy when I am doing my hobbies. Looking at old pictures and remembering the past. I try to find a little happiness in everything that I do. It is such a waste of time to stay sad and takes so much more energy. Live, laugh, love....
21 Sep 08
hi maximax,im a mother of two,i dont like traveling so much cos i have travel sickness,i spent my time sometimes watching some soaps in the computer then playing with my kids,taking them to the park.i do love walking too with my hubby and childrens.i love listening love songs also in my spare time and love dancing infront of the mirror if im bored,hehehe!
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
20 Sep 08
My top hobby is bodybuilding and training at the gym my friend, I take it very seriously indeed, I go 5 times a week and have a workout program which I devised myself through years of experience, I am working hard on the triceps, biceps and top half of my body which I am very happy with. I am making sure I eat the right foods, carbs before and protein afterwards, it's quite a hobby but I love it and I get the results which benefits me both mentally and physically, it has also banished depression away and its starting to make me more confident about myself. I miss not going to the gym when I have to give my body a rest the other two days of the week.
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
20 Sep 08
Dear friend,you are really one of the fortunate ones,having enjoyed and rejoiced in trvelling across several countries and getting to have diverse experiences in meeting people of different cultures. You seem to be a multi faceted and jubilant person,travelling a course of excitement and fun thrugh various interesting hobbies. For me,I am unusally more inclined to stay deeply involved in a variety of social works that are meant to help poorer and distressed solve their real life problems and make their families a place of love,happiness and abundance. The other aspect of life I enjoy most is keeping me regularly in touch with my inner Being and Self through meditation.Thanks.
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
20 Sep 08
My hobbies used to be cross stitch and quilting though I'm finding less and less time to do them now with the internet, my online game and working part time. I need to start making more time in the evenings to work on them b/c they do bring me alot of joy. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
21 Sep 08
Well, of course my friend. We don;t live to work, we work to live, or most of us do. So whatever it is that we are doing in our lives, they make everything worth it to work so hard. I have very limited hobbies at the moment because I have recently moved and don't know anybody to do some of my hobbies with. I like to go bowling but don't want to go alone. I like to go to bingo but don't like to go alone. Things like that, I need to meet some new friends. So right now my hobby is working the internet. So my day job allows me to do the things I like. I am glad that you have lots of joy in your life as that is what it is all about. Enjoying.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
20 Sep 08
yes i enjoy making pics wherever i go.its fun to collect views and pose.
@tonytt2009 (1706)
• China
20 Sep 08
Yea,my top hobby should be travel just like yours,although I can not fly and enjoy the trip so frequency due to the reason of my limit annual leave~~I like to enjoy the different culture and place of interested when travelling outside my city,which make me happy and benefit a lot.I also like play badminton,from which I can exercise myself to be stronger and health,as well can make friends.I'm enjoy~`I like watch movies which will make me laugh and think,that's pretty good feeling~`lol,have a nice day maximax~~